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Chapter 356: Chapter 353 Book of Nature
Beimu State.
Purgatory Sect...
Now it should be called Purgatory Hall.
At this moment, the original Purgatory Sect’s Supreme Elder, the Primordial Spirit True Monarch Zhang Liefeng, was leading a party of three people across the land that, just three months earlier, had been ravaged by devils.
The three people were none other than Hong Ye, Yun Ling, and Lord Zhou Yi of the Xuanji Sect, who had traversed the Endless Mountain and traveled halfway across the Qiantian to arrive from the north to the south.
As they looked at devil corpses being transported from East Wood State, West Wood State, and even Southern Mu State, not only the juniors Hong Ye and Yun Ling but also the elder Lord Zhou Yi, now over a hundred years old, were filled with shock in their eyes.
"Are there really so many devil corpses!? Did Lingxiao Palace really slay so many devils!?"
Lord Zhou Yi couldn’t help but look towards Zhang Liefeng.
"Although I did not participate in the battle, Lingxiao Palace has proven to the world through numerous wars like the battles of Baihe City, Yuntian City, Gourd Valley, and Haitian City that the devil armies are not as terrifying as they had imagined. Under the Sword Heavy Cannons, ordinary devils, let alone Great Demons, are no different from common wild beasts."
Zhang Liefeng recounted the war achievements of Lingxiao Palace against the devils over the years: "When the battle for Mu State began, we had already deployed eight hundred Sword Heavy Cannons. Over a few months, the number of cannons exceeded one thousand, and with over a thousand cannons firing in unison, let alone the forty-two thousand devils that Lingxiao Palace officially announced they have slain, even if they claimed to have killed over a million, I would not have the slightest doubt."
"Four hundred and twenty thousand... Over a million..."
Lord Zhou Yi trembled slightly upon hearing what Zhang Liefeng said.
Over a million devils!
To know that even the weakest devils are more powerful than ordinary Qi Refinement cultivators.
Usually, only masters at the Gang Condensation Realm are able to confront the weakest Lower Demons.
In the Qiantian Territory, Lingxiao Palace single-handedly annihilated four hundred and twenty thousand devils in just three months, and even had the capacity to bombard over a million devils...
Such war achievements...
Compared to their entire Xuanji Sect, they did not pale at all.
Keep in mind that their Xuanji Sect is a Holy Land-level power with an Earthly True Immortal at its helm.
During its heyday, Saints and Devas Realm masters in the sect numbered in the hundreds.
As for the remaining Primordial Spirits, Divinity Transformation, and Refining God Realm cultivators, their numbers were even greater.
Yet even so, having them eradicate four hundred and twenty thousand devils in three months would still be a formidable task for them.
And now, Lingxiao Palace, which has risen for only six years, has accomplished what their Xuanji Holy Land at its peak could not.
This is simply...
"A miracle!"
Lord Zhou Yi murmured to himself.
Especially during this time, the Lingxiao Palace Master continuously struck out, successively slaying nine Demon King Level beings, and while their top-tier strength was not strong, it certainly wasn’t weak either.
If Lingxiao Palace were allowed to continue developing...
Just one hundred years!
They will certainly become so powerful that they can sound the charge to counter-attack the devils.
"One hundred years!"
Lord Zhou Yi shook with emotion, unable to contain himself.
A hundred years was nothing.
What mattered most was the hope he saw in Lingxiao Palace, which had not a single Saint...
Or rather, only one Saint-level combat power, the hope for humanity to defeat the devils.
"Hope..."
Lord Zhou Yi muttered to himself, looking toward the south of Mu State, his eyes once again lighting up with a spark of light.
"This is the hope of our humanity."
"Indeed, hope."
Alongside him, Zhang Liefeng seemed to understand, yet not quite grasp Lord Zhou Yi’s surging emotions, but he echoed, "Following this trend, completely exterminating the devils within the Qiantian Territory, reclaiming Tian Nan, and even pacifying the Qiantian Demons will not pose a difficult task. Every day, good news comes from the frontlines and spreads across all regions by newspaper, and everyone in the various states of Tian Nan has no doubt about the victory in the war to reclaim Mu State."
"You in Qiantian actually have such a person, capable of forging such powerful War Spiritual Artifacts. No wonder your sister had so much confidence in Qiantian’s defense."
Yun Ling’s gaze towards Hong Ye was also laced with envy.
Hong Ye smiled awkwardly.
The so-called defense of Qiantian she mentioned relied entirely on Master Wushi and those Saints holding Divine Weapons.
As for Gu Jinlai...
Sorry, she had not even heard of this person when she left Purgatory Sect for her training journey.
"Completely exterminating devils..."
Lord Zhou Yi spoke.
It took him a while before he sighed.
He glanced to the north: "If that Great Sky Lord hadn’t met with an accident, allowing Lingxiao Palace to continue developing for another hundred... or even eighty, sixty years, Lingxiao Palace would rapidly grow into humanity’s second Holy Land, a place of glory. But now..."
A tinge of concern crossed his eyes.
This added an element of uncertainty.
The devils possess intelligence.
Behind the Demon Spirits is a complete civilization.
Even tracing back beyond the Heavenly Master Civilization, it is derived from facing the Demon System.
For thousands of years, you imitate me, and I counter you, with this change never ceasing.
Three thousand years ago, the Creators emerged, and humanity’s civilization entered a counter-offensive phase.
A thousand years ago, humanity even treated the Demon Realm as a hunting ground, with Demon Spirits as the prey.
And, relying on the spirituality extracted from their very beings, the Heavenly Master Civilization reached its pinnacle, developing objects like the Heavenly Dragon, Ruins Beast, and Supreme Divine Weapons, all of which could be considered miracles.
But since the internal strife within the Heavenly Master Civilization a thousand years ago, the situation gradually reversed.
A hundred years ago, with the advent of the Demon System, humanity has been in constant retreat.
Just as it was when the creators emerged into the world, the roles of attack and defense changed hands.
In such a situation, Gu Jinlai had created an alternative battle system that was dependent on the War Spiritual Artifacts...
If devils detected the terrifying potential of this system, they would undoubtedly face their thunderous backlash.
By then...
After quite a while, the Heavenly Monarch finally let out a long breath, "No matter what, since there is hope, it must not be given up lightly."
He turned his gaze to Zhang Liefeng, "May I ask Elder Zhang to introduce us? We wish to seek an audience with the Palace Master."
"Of course."
Zhang Liefeng smiled slightly, "I believe the Palace Master will also welcome your visit very much."
...
"The Pisces Star Lord?"
At this moment, in an ad hoc combat command center in Southern Mu State.
Gu Jinlai, who hadn’t even removed his Cheng Ying Mecha, shifted his gaze from the Thousand-mile Light and Shadow Mirror that occasionally transmitted "SOS" signals, to Lu Zhanxian and Liu Jingtiao, the two Primordial Spirit Monarchs.
"Yes."
Lu Zhanxian nodded gravely, "The Xuanji Sect that Hong Ye has joined not only has an Earthly True Immortal presiding over it but also received the complete inheritance of the Pisces Star Lord!"
"Complete inheritance!?"
Gu Jinlai’s pupils contracted, "You mean... the complete inheritance from the Pisces Star Lord, one of the Twelve Creators from the Holy Land a thousand years ago!?"
"That’s right."
Lu Zhanxian said, pausing slightly, "However, Xuanji Sect has already been obliterated by the devils, and only a very few, including Lord Zhou Yi, have escaped. Despite their best efforts to ensure the complete inheritance of the Pisces Star Lord, much of the information was still inevitably lost..."
Having said that, he immediately added, "But the core of the creators’ inheritance is still intact, and with your talent that marvels the whole Heavenly Master Path, upon receiving this inheritance, you will inevitably reach that ultimate realm and become the first creator in the history of the Qiantian World."
"The core of the inheritance is still intact, despite the losses..."
Gu Jinlai was somewhat excited.
Even though he had managed to create a Magic Skill that purportedly reached the realm of a creator using the Qiantian Purple Qi Technique, the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method, and a patchwork of Heavenly Master inheritances, the fact that it had not entirely transformed into gold showed just how difficult it was to attain the status of a creator by this Magic Skill.
Now, there was the inheritance of the Pisces Star Lord, keeping intact the core of a creator’s Magic Skill...
"Where is Lord Zhou Yi?"
Gu Jinlai immediately inquired.
"Lord Zhou Yi is on his way, and moreover, he is willing to join Lingxiao Palace and offer the ’Book of Nature’ from the creator Pisces Star Lord to the Palace Master," said Lu Zhanxian.
"The Book of Nature."
Gu Jinlai’s own cultivation of the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method came from a disciple of the Aries Star Lord.
Or rather, only a student.
In the Holy Land, the Twelve Creators were equals; none was superior or inferior to others.
Yet the Aries Star Lord was revered by all as the foremost among the Twelve Creators, even acknowledged as such by the other creators themselves.
He was benevolent and loving and taught countless disciples, making an indelible contribution to the proliferation of the Heavenly Master Lineage.
The patriarch of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect was among them.
As someone who had once attended the Aries Star Lord’s lectures, he was naturally quite knowledgeable about the other eleven Star Lords of the Holy Land; the books of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect also contained texts about this creator.
This was a female creator...
Skilled in nurturing plants and vegetation.
She was the most famous in the Holy Land, and it was said that the Whirling Tree capable of nurturing new life was cultivated by her.
Nurturing life!
Creating a new life species.
Even from this alone, one can appreciate how powerful and magical this creator was.
Now, Lord Zhou Yi was willing to offer such an inheritance directly to him...
"Where is Lord Zhou Yi? I will personally go to welcome him."
Gu Jinlai said.
With such a Devas who had come into contact with the True Spirit Realm willing to join, he had to express enough sincerity.
"He should have just entered East Wood State," Liu Jingtiao spoke up, "Elder Zhang is accompanying him, heading to Beimu State, and he carries the Thousand-mile Light and Shadow Mirror."
"Good," replied Gu Jinlai.
With the Thousand-mile Light and Shadow Mirror, that was enough.
"There shouldn’t be any more Demon Kings within Mu State’s territory; if there are, they’ve probably already fled to the Three Thousand Marshes. The battle here is up to you two," he said.
"Please rest assured, Palace Master. I will immediately take to the sword and head to the front lines, patrolling the sky," Lu Zhanxian declared respectfully.
Gu Jinlai nodded and promptly left the combat command room.
Right after, with a burst of speed, he soared into the air, dashing upwards.
Having ascended hundreds of meters into the sky, as blue light flickered behind him and the sound of thunderous booming filled the air, white waves burst forth, and his figure had already become like a sharp sword cleaving through the sky dome, tearing a vast channel in the clouds, swiftly disappearing from the view of Lu Zhanxian and Liu Jingtiao.
Such speed...
Both Primordial Spirit Monarchs watched, full of envy.
...
Meanwhile, in Tian Nan’s Star State.
Xuan Yue, who had been deliberately concealing her identity, treading carefully and stumbling along while also getting lost three times, finally arrived at Lingxiao Palace’s new headquarters—Starlight City.
